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Half way on the right hand side in a modest terraced house lived the poet laureate John Betjeman. His poems on London aften rallied the spirit of conservationists. The Albert Bridge which was threatened with demolition was rescued by the campaign let by the poet.
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Christ Church was consecrated in 1839 and originally a 'Chapel of Ease' to St. Luke's – but became an independent parish in 1860. A smaller, more intimate church designed by Edward Blore. Restoration took place in 2004 including new roof.
Chelsea SW3 King's Rd
A fresco representing literary and historical figures from the borough is decorating the Town Hall. Amongst these worthies is also Oscar Wilde.
In 1912 a Councillor proposed the removal of the portrait of Oscar Wilde because the poet was "a criminal" convict... Another Councillor aptly pointed out that Henry WIII committed regicide and that George Eliot was an adulteress. The motion to remove Oscar from the fresco was adopted but never carried out because of the intervening WWI.\
Presently if you wish to see this fresco, do not bother to ask any of the clerks of the Council because they have not got a clue about it - they will even mislead you by saying that you are in the wrong building and that you should go instead to the main borough council in W8.
If you are adamant and insist that the fresco in question is indeed in this building in Chelsea then a porter who is the holder of the keys to that particular reception room will tell you that you have to ask the borough council in Kensington by letter and that you will be given an appointment for two officers of the Council to come all the way from W8 to accompany you whilst you look at the fresco in Chelsea...
Bureaucracy gone mad but also hand in hand with ignorance at the expense of the tax payer: think of how much it would cost the wages of two clerks to come from Kensington to Chelsea and back again to keep an eye on you whilst you look at a work of art which should be readily available to be admired by the public?
Saatchi Gallery,London,
Duke of York's Barracks,
Chelsea SW3
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Roger Hiorns was awarded the Turner Prize 2009.
In his encouragement of the viewing public to share the same subjective encounter, he created an installation in South London where he materially claimed an entire ex-council flat, growing within it an industrialized scale of copper sulphate crystals. 75,000 litres of solution were pumped into the social housing council flat to create a crystalline growth on the walls, floor, ceiling and bath of this abandoned dwelling. The project was called 'Seizure' and was produced by Artangel. In his passing of the object through inventive conditioning impulse and experience, in embodying the uncertainty of new life-politics.
Cameron, get it?
www.tate.org.uk/britain/turnerprize/turnerprize2009/artis...
Embankment SW3
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North Pimlico SW1 - City of Westminster
The Duke of Westminster Estate
Promenades & Streetscapes
Chelsea Physic Garden,
London SW3
The first species of Pelargonium known to be cultivated was Pelargonium triste, a native of South Africa. It was probably brought to the botanical garden in Leiden before 1600 on ships which stopped at the Cape of Good Hope. In 1631, the English gardener John Tradescant the elder bought seeds from Rene Morin in Paris and introduced the plant to England. The name Pelargonium was introduced by Johannes Burman in 1738, from the Greek πελαργός, pelargós, stork, because part of the flower looks like a stork's beak.
Other than being grown for their beauty, species of Pelargonium such as P. graveolens are important in the perfume industry and are cultivated and distilled for its scent. Although scented Pelargonium exist which have smells of citrus, mint, or various fruits, the varieties with rose scents are most commercially important. Pelargonium distillates and absolutes, commonly known as "scented geranium oil" are sometimes used to supplement or adulterate expensive rose oils. The edible leaves and flowers are also used as a flavouring in desserts, cakes, jellies and teas.
Garden geranium (Pelargonium x hortorum; syn. Pelargonium zonale) is one of the most common ornamental potted-plants, with over 200 varieties.
In 1988 the flower was described and illustrated in a comprehensive 3-volume work Pelargoniums of Southern Africa by Ellaphie Ward-Hilhorst with van der Walt and Vorster.